There is what you see in the films currently when they both shot about the same time, I believe that the change was made to give Han more of a devils luck appearance. That he does what he has to do just in the nick of time( its a thing that was carried over to the indiana jones films too) but as to the real reason they changed it that is easy. You cant have a hero shoot first. I personally have a Tshirt saying Han shot first and thats what I am gonna stick too.

I remember the scene well, Han smirks and just blasts Greedo through the table. He took Greedo's comment literally and shot him first.
"Over my dead body," "That's the idea, Solo." Obvious threat on Han's life, yes? Even as a seven year old boy, I fully understood Han's reasoning for killing Greedo. Any gun-slinging smuggler would've done the same thing. So why did GL change it? I suppose because the younger generation of kids didn't grow up seeing Bonanza and Eastwood's spagetti westerns?

Personally, if Greedo missed Han from a meter away, then he's either near-sighted or just plain stupid, and deserves to die anyway.

The added wide shot in between is what most fans seem to dread. The shot was unused initially, but has since been added in and edited to show Greedo's infamous gunshot. What makes it seem odd is that the scene clearly didn't intend to show Greedo firing, which caused Han's awkward neck movement.

I remember the scene well, Han smirks and just blasts Greedo through the table. He took Greedo's comment literally and shot him first.
"Over my dead body," "That's the idea, Solo." Obvious threat on Han's life, yes? Even as a seven year old boy, I fully understood Han's reasoning for killing Greedo. Any gun-slinging smuggler would've done the same thing. So why did GL change it? I suppose because the younger generation of kids didn't grow up seeing Bonanza and Eastwood's spagetti westerns?

Personally, if Greedo missed Han from a meter away, then he's either near-sighted or just plain stupid, and deserves to die anyway.

I could honestly care less who shot first. The entire SW community has overblown the impact of a half-second of footage which, quite frankly, most people don't even notice! Han still kills Greedo either way.

I could honestly care less who shot first. The entire SW community has overblown the impact of a half-second of footage which, quite frankly, most people don't even notice! Han still kills Greedo either way.

The 'Lost Cut' version was just a rough way of tricking the shot, parts were re-shot anyway. Han basically shoots first.
The 1977 version was the ambiguous version - blaster flash, Greedo falls to the table. Just who shot 'first' isn't important, more a case of both shooting, only one hit.
1997 - Greedo fires, misses completely, Han shoots & kills him.
2004 - Greedo fires, Han dodges & shoots, kills Greedo.
2011 - Greedo fires first, but the shot has been shortened considerably & looks far more convincing.